Some time ago I took part in a questionnaire, and one of the questions was something along the lines of, "Why are goths so attracted to vampires?" Being of the lycan influence, I couldn't really answer that question with a confident answer. So, I want to know, why is it that goths love vampires?

The affiliation with seduction, the taboo of sinking beautiful, elongated eye-teeth into luscious flesh, elegant clothing, super-human stamina & power, finesse, good-looks, immortality, not being able to go into the sun....Perhaps?Or maybe it's because of Anne Rice?I agree with MoonRaven though. Witches are more my ideal, but vampires are a close second.

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Subject: Re: Why Vampires? Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:43 am

^I think WIR covered it well! The attraction to the bloodlust, the romance, the seduction... the wisdom and centuries of history that comes with living Eternally... and most of all, the connection between Vampire and Prey... the moment where their fluids mesh and they become one, invincible being... it's just sexy as hell.

Vampires are usually an allegory for passion, sex and seduction. Werewolves are usually an allegory for anger, violence and revenge. Both are predators more powerful than man in folklore, but while vampires feed while slowly turning those they feed on into one of themselves, werewolves usually kill and feed, only turning others in botched attacks.

Get into the metal and left hand path subcultures and there is quite a lot of association with werewolves.

Vampires have that romantic elegance element that is so attractive. The beauty is an inherent thing of vampires in most stories, the supernatural powers, the bloodlust...the art of seduction, that makes them take their preys to them in such unique ways.The fear they inspire, but also the admiration they inspire, because of all their charm and elegance.The fact that they live in darkness most of the time, their wisdom and their inmortality. Inmortality is an attractive thing for most goths...remember a lot of us wear ankhs? ~

When I was a lot younger, a saw some publicity material for Werner Hertzog's remake of Nosferatu (see, not all remakes are bad!) with a picture of Klaus Kinski about to lunch on Isabella Adjanti's neck. And something must have imprinted in me at that point, because to me now that is still the embodyment of romance, lust, what-have-you.

Now Baron Orlock / Count Dracula in both versions of Nosteratu is far from the handsome figure in many later vampire films. He's a beast! And maybe that hints at something else that makes vampires so appealing the idea of the beast inside of us (or somebody else) that could burst forth at a moment's notice.

For me, my "inner vampire" and "inner wolf-man" aren't that far removed from each other.